Transcript WELCOME TO THE NUTRITIONAL WORKSHOP AT OSCAR SANDWELL …

WELCOME TO THE
NUTRITIONAL WORKSHOP
AT OSCAR SANDWELL 9TH
APRIL 2013
supported by Kapani, TASG and Santander
RACHEL MCFEE – CENTRE MANAGER
MISSION STATEMENT
“Working together with service users,
voluntary and statutory services and
stakeholders to improve the quality of
life for people affected by Sickle Cell
and Thalassaemia in the Sandwell
area.”
Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia are
inherited disorders that affect the
blood.
TASG
Thalassaemia Awareness and Support Group
– OSCAR Sandwell and OSCAR Birmingham
are supporting this patient and carer group.
 To promote the National Blood Service
 Empower Thalassaemia Patients to
manage their conditions
 Raising public awareness of the issues
affecting people with Thalassaemia both
generally and in relation to their social
exclusion
Aim for the Nutritional Workshop
OSCAR Sandwell understand that good
nutrition has on a person’s health and well
being. Through Kapani, ie Sonia Cooper’s
nutritional smoothies, juices and other
foods, we have found that encouraging our
clients, their families and the local
community to learn and start to doing these
for themselves will have a massive positive
impact on their health and well being. It is
also relatively cheap, easy and fun!